• Medientyp: E-Book; Hochschulschrift
  • Titel: Virtus romana : politics and morality in the Roman historians
  • Beteiligte: Balmaceda, Catalina [VerfasserIn]
  • Erschienen: Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
  • Erschienen in: Studies in the history of Greece and Rome
  • Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 297 Seiten); Illustrationen
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ISBN: 9781469635132
  • RVK-Notation: FT 92000 : Untersuchungen zu diversen Themen aus Dichtung und Prosa-Literatur
    FT 22500 : Allgemeines
    NB 5200 : Römer
  • Schlagwörter: Römisches Reich > Geschichtsschreibung > Römer
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  • Anmerkungen: Includes bibliographical references and index
    Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Beschreibung: "Late Roman historians sought to respond to the present through the evaluation of the past. Historiography was, therefore, a prime site for defining Roman identity. One of the key concepts for historians was virtus (roughly, "manly courage"). As a political and moral concept, virtus worked as a key idea in the complex system of Roman socio-cultural values, attitudes, and norms and was constantly being redefined and reinterpreted"--

    The concept of virtus -- Virtus in Sallust -- Virtus in Livy -- Virtus in Velleius -- Virtus in Tacitus